Whoosh!
The demon’s massive arm swung in.
Clang! Thwack thwack thwack!
After blocking that attack, I calmly chipped away at the demon’s HP using ‘Thrust.’
[3rd Named]
[Level 27 Sealed Demon]
[HP 361,510/500,000]
The demon’s HP approached 70%. The special pattern will start soon.
I’ve been attacking using only Block and Thrust for about 20 seconds.
The cooldown for transitioning to Sword Drawing Stance through ‘Moonlight Slash’ is 30 seconds.
Certainly, the damage from consecutive Moonlight Slashes possible in Sword Drawing Stance is explosive, but I needed to save the cooldown for transitioning to Sword Drawing Stance.
Of course, using skills other than Moonlight Slash immediately cancels Sword Drawing Stance.
Then.
Whoosh!
The last arm swings right before entering the 70% special pattern, in this pattern.
Clang!
I activated ‘Moonlight Slash’, which is instantly cast from Block.
Twirl.
Slash!
At the same time, the demon’s HP fell below 70% from my Moonlight Slash attack.
For a moment, flames seemed to flicker in the demon’s eyes.
Flash!
Even while seeing the demon’s colossal forearm approaching at high speed, I didn’t use the ‘Backward Evasion’ skill.
Instead.
[Counterattack]
[Usable in ‘Sword Drawing Stance’]
[Take the opponent’s rear (Cooldown 8 seconds)]
The ‘Counterattack’ skill usable in Sword Drawing Stance.
A skill close to coordinate movement using explosively increased agility.
With this.
Swish.
My body left an afterimage and moved to the demon’s back, and the demon’s hand grasped the air.
Confirming that sight, I quickly moved to the right while smiling slightly.
As expected, it could be avoided with ‘Counterattack’ too.
There was no need to use only ‘Backward Evasion’ as an evasion skill.
Rumble.
The demon jumped slightly and created distance from me.
Whoosh.
At the same time, purple energy started swirling in the demon’s huge hands.
Earlier, I had fallen back with Backward Evasion, so it cast magic from its spot, but at close range, it seemed to create distance itself.
Anyway, having broken through the grabbing pattern with ‘Counterattack,’ I can now freely use ‘Backward Evasion.’
Boom!
The purple sphere gathered in the demon’s hand rushed towards me.
Thud!
Boom boom boom boom!
Having activated Backward Evasion, my body didn’t take damage even in the massive explosion.
The ‘Invincible during casting’ judgment that ignored the wyvern’s breath damage.
As expected, it was also effective against the demon’s magic energy attack pattern.
‘Counterattack’ can only be used when there’s a target to take the rear of right in front.
‘Counterattack’ for the grabbing pattern, ‘Backward Evasion’ for the ranged magic attack.
The demon’s special pattern was perfectly broken through.
Pitter-patter!
I quickly approached the demon that had momentarily stopped moving after the powerful magic attack.
There shouldn’t be anything else now, right?
“Then die!”
* * *
“The 10% special pattern is coming soon! This is probably the last one!”
“Uoooooh!”
Flash!
The demon’s huge arm swung in, and Fighter Deathly Death, who reduced damage using the ‘Counter’ skill, immediately dove into the demon’s embrace and launched a powerful uppercut.
Boom!
Flash!
The moment the demon’s HP fell below 10%, the demon’s hand quickly swooped in and grasped Deathly Death’s body.
This was a pre-agreed matter. Deathly Death didn’t use Backward Evasion and entrusted his body to those hands.
“Ugh, I leave the rest to you!”
“Bae Merong!”
Whoosh.
At Chris’s shout, as Bae Merong raised her staff, a hexagram magic circle rose from beneath the demon’s feet.
Thwack, thwack, thwack!
Chris also took out talismans and placed one at each of the six points of the hexagram.
Flash!
Soon, the magic circle emitted light, and the demon shook its head violently in pain.
Boooom-!
The demon lost its grip on Deathly Death. At the same time, Cherni’s spirit, Undine, rushed in.
Splash!
The water prison spewed by the spirit Undine sealed the movement of the demon whose magic resistance had fallen.
Seeing that sight, Cherni shouted.
“6 seconds left!”
“Good! 6 seconds of free damage!”
Thwack thwack thwack thwack! Boom! Boom!
Bae Merong’s ice arrows, Chris’s Demon Sealing Technique, and Cherni’s Stone Edge poured towards the demon whose movement was sealed.
Deathly Death, whose body was freed, also continuously launched uppercuts towards the demon’s massive body.
Chris smiled.
If the tank gets caught by the demon’s ‘Grab’ pattern, the demon becomes vulnerable to binding skills as it focuses on the tank.
If they successfully bind the demon’s movement, the whole party could deal free damage.
Through this combination, they could chip away at the demon’s monstrous HP figure very quickly.
Kaaaaa-!
Whoosh.
After 6 seconds, the demon freed from Undine’s binding shook its head and started gathering energy in its arms.
Pitter-patter!
Confirming the precursor to the magic pattern, the party members gathered around the Mage Bae Merong.
After confirming that all party members had gathered, Bae Merong cast Mana Barrier, and soon the demon’s purple sphere exploded above it.
Boom boom boom boom!
The roar and impact announcing the end of the last special pattern, and the demon’s remaining HP was.
[3rd Named]
[Level 27 Sealed Demon]
[HP 14,874/500,000]
“Taaaah!!”
Deathly Death shouted a battle cry and leaped at the demon. The ranged classes poured out their main skills.
Boom boom boom boom!
Kaaaaa–ah-!
The demon let out a final roar.
Thud.
Its massive body collapsed on the dome floor.
Beep-
[‘Chris’s Raid Party’ has succeeded in the first clear of the elite dungeon, ‘Lesser Demon’s Tomb’!]
“Wow, that was really tough.”
“The 2nd and 3rd named were one thing, but the 1st named was really hell.”
Despite having taken down the last named boss of the elite dungeon ‘Lesser Demon’s Tomb’, ‘Chris’s Raid Party’ members showed exhaustion rather than joy.
“Now we have to keep farming here, what do we do about the 1st named?”
“Hmm. Certainly, we can’t shake the feeling that we got through by luck. Our strategy of ignoring the scale pattern and going for individual survival in the last special phase worked this time.”
As soon as the 1st named’s last special phase started, Chris’s Raid Party entrusted individual survival to the ‘Black Wyvern’s scale pattern that rose into the air, and everyone chased after the baby wyverns.
Fortunately, Deathly Death, who didn’t have ranged protection, wasn’t targeted, but if he had been attacked twice, they would have failed the clear without a doubt.
Cherni, who opened the messenger, exclaimed.
“Wow, there are so many messages. They’re asking how we cleared the 1st named.”
“Certainly, within the range of my knowledge, no party has cleared even the 1st named yet.”
“What would be the standard strategy? We cleared it, but I can’t shake the feeling that we used an exploit.”
Chris rested her chin on her hand and fell into thought.
Anyway, this was the first clear. To obtain accessories and class weapons for all party members, they needed to keep farming repeatedly.
For smooth farming, there was a need to establish a strategy for the 1st named.
“Without firepower like our party’s, it won’t be easy to deal with all the baby wyverns before the annihilation breath pattern.”
“But, senior Death survived the breath pattern once, right? How about using that? If we can get past the breath pattern once, we should have plenty of time to deal with the baby wyverns.”
“Hmm. It seems the ‘Invincible during casting’ judgment attached to ‘Backward Evasion’ activated.”
Chris shook her head.
“It’s not easy. Cherni, could you accurately grasp when the breath damage judgment comes in?”
“U-um. That’s true.”
The ‘Black Wyvern’s breath pattern that spews out covering the entire field of vision.
Without animal-like senses, it would be impossible to activate Backward Evasion at the exact damage judgment timing.
“If all party members could do that, we could go for a strategy where everyone survives using their evasion skills. And protect against the scale pattern together with ranged protection. But the difficulty is too high. Moreover, if even one person fails, it’s game over on the spot.”
“Actually, I think it’s a problem that can be solved by increasing firepower. If we can quickly deal with the baby wyverns with Bae Merong’s magic, the Black Wyvern will come down to the ground faster.”
“That’s right. For that, we need weapons for our party members’ classes from this reward.”
Chris smiled and approached where the demon had fallen. It was finally time to check the reward.
[Sealed Demon’s Sword]
[Elite Grade]
[Attack Power 120]
[Increases ‘Moonlight Slash’ combo skill damage by 30% on successful block]
“This is amazing.”
As expected of a weapon from a level 25 elite dungeon, it had incredible specs.
Compared to the ‘Orc King’s weapon’, the attack power was twice as high. It was 50 higher than even the Fames Desert area field boss weapon.
With this level of attack power and skill multiplier, they could deal with baby wyverns very quickly.
However, it wasn’t a weapon for ‘Chris’s Raid Party’ member classes.
“It’s a sword. It’s a shame it’s not for our classes, but since it’s the first weapon, we can each take a good share of the distribution.”
Chris sighed and opened the auction house, then suddenly paused.
A white-haired girl flashed through her mind.
Would Rain be happy if I gave her this weapon?
I can cover the party members’ shares with my own money and give it to her by buying it myself.
Chris had such a thought for a moment, but soon shook her head.
Even just handing over a 1 gold costume to Rain had received tremendous wariness.
It was about the level of difficulty of directly feeding canned tuna to a cat that hadn’t been touched by human hands.
Judging from Rain’s tendencies, she would absolutely refuse to accept such an expensive weapon.
“I should get her one when it gets cheaper later. Or make her take it directly.”
Chris tried to erase her regret and opened the auction house.
And soon, she felt that same sense of incongruity she had when first clearing ‘Orc King’s Cave’.
“Huh?”
Because in the ‘Sealed Demon’ weapon category of the auction house, there was a weapon that shouldn’t exist at this point in time.
[Sealed Demon’s Yin-Yang Orb]
[Elite Grade]
[Attack Power 120]
[Increases ‘Demon Sealing Technique’ skill damage by 20%]